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Information is not knowledge. Let's not confuse the two.
W. Edwards Deming
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W. Edwards Deming
Age: 93 †
Born: 1900
Born: October 18
Died: 1993
Died: December 20
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Sioux City
Iowa
William Edwards Deming
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Management is prediction.
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The greatest waste … is failure to use the abilities of people…to learn about their frustrations and about the contributions that they are eager to make.
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You do not find knowledge in a dictionary, only information.
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Put a good person in a bad system and the bad system wins, no contest.
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A system is a network of interdependent components that work together to try to accomplish the aim of the system. A system must have an aim. Without the aim, there is no system.
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The customer is the most important part of the production line.
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A system must be managed. It will not manage itself. Left to themselves in the Western world, components become selfish, competitive. We cannot afford the destructive effect of competition.
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Nobody goes to work to do a bad job.
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Anybody can achieve gains in quality by slowing down production. That is not what we are talking about.
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People care more for themselves when they contribute to the system.
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You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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Just because you can measure everything doesn't mean that you should.
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Management of outcomes may not be any more than a skill. It does not require knowledge.
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